hun-chun
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Hunchun.
Example Sentences
- "A few days later I went to Hun-chun on the frontier of Chinese Manchuria, from its position an important military post, and was most hospitably received by the Commandant and his married aide-de-camp. There, as everywhere in Primorsk, and from the civil as well as the military authorities, I not only received the utmost kindness, courtesy, and hospitality, but information was frankly given on the various topics I was interested in, and help towards the attainment of my objects. Hun-chun is in the midst of mountainous country, denuded of wood in recent years, and abounding in rich, well-watered valleys inhabited only by Koreans. A wilder, drearier, and more wind-swept situation it would be hard to find."
- "Japanese troops have been sent to Hun-chun, Kirin province, China, to protect Japanese interests there, as the result of an attack upon the Japanese consulate by 400 bandits, mainly Chinese and Koreans, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Japanese Embassy."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 琿春, -